[MOSAIC] Voice

[Deidra & Jim Chandler]

Lucy Calkins has a unit about Authors voice. I'm assuming you are working 
with older elementary or middle school kids so her 3-6 unit of study would 
be the one to check out.

Deidra Chandler, NC
MA Early Childhood Ed
MA Reading
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Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 9:24 PM
Subject: [MOSAIC] Voice


> Help! My students are currently working on writing magazine articles about
> the topic of their choice.  They are really into this because they are
> responsible for writing the article and formatting it as well.  I am
> noticing that while the student’s work is very organized with good topic
> sentences and supporting details, as a whole, their articles are very 
> bland
> making it almost painful to read at times.  Does anyone have any
> suggestions or mini-lessons focusing on the author’s voice?  I have tried
> to give them various models of the purpose and importance of voice in
> writing, but many of them are not taking any risks in their writing.  Any
> ideas?
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